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He was here at the white house the last several days. he is a fox news commentator. his is a name thats been floated potentially replacing david as the veterans affair secretary and then ben carson, obviously, a lot of speculation swirling about his future, given the fact he is said to have wanted to spend more than $30,000 on a dining room set for his offices at hud. thats some of the names, to say nothing of john kelly, the homeland security secretary, how the presidents chief of staff. white ...

On the improprietary at v and interior and hud and those would be campaign issues. i dont think hes doing this looking at how to improve the cabinet but how to improve loyalty tilt to him personally. >> sometimes i wonder which scandal he prefers us to focus on. theres always a lot to choose from. thank you so much. thank you very much, ashley parker, heidi ab-michelle goldberg. coming up, has vladimir kara-murza putin finally gone too far? i vladimir like i tanya? russia is obsessed with hackin...

Fallout from a report like this which is now our closest allies and other conversations we have with them, the leaders of the countries wont know whether the president is speaking from facts or just from -- you know posturing. thats something that his state department, mike pompeo has to deal with that. i know the united states ambassador to canada, a kentuckian where i am ton. he shas to deal with that. i think about the relationships we have with allies like canada one of the closest economic ...

Well, the tables may have turned for hud secretary ben carson over a $31,000 dining set that was ordered for his office. when word got out a spokesman said the secretary knew nothing about the purchase. now e-mails seem to contradict that entirely. cnns rene marsh has details. >> reporter: at hud headquarters, the dining set ordered for secretary ben carsons dining room may have been canceled, but the controversy is far from over. the $31,000 dining set included a mahogany table, ten mahogany di...

Board of directors. hes only had to answer to himself. and weve seen when the disaster that was made of his companies in atlantic city and other places, where that hasnt worked out so well. so unfortunately now, the best parts of him are not being seen right now, whatever those may be, other than branding himself and doing rallies. as a manager, this is not the way you can run the white house. right now were looking at the secretary of veterans affairs potentially on the chopping block. were alr...

Ms. carson, and invited her to visit hud and meet with a designer about possibly redecorating the secretarys office and bringing in new furniture. its unclear if ms. carson accepted the invite. >> i dont think theres any doubt that mrs. carson, who is not a public employee and faces no accountability, has a very large amount of power at hud, and thats not how we should run our government. >> reporter: carson is already facing questions about his sons involvement at hud. ben carson jr., who is no...

One-third on lodging and food on what appears to be mar-a-lago. that is no liis mostly in line president and 2017. hud is struggling to explain e-mails that contradict claims that secretary ben carson and his wife candy had no involvement in the dining room set which costs $130,000. carson and his wife selected the furniture themselves. >> an argue e-mail from a staffer to carsons assistant show printouts confirm that secretary carson and mrs. carson picked out the furniture.

Watchdog group, sued to get the documents. >> they lied. the internal e-mails show that he was intimately involved. his wife was intimately involved. >> reporter: a hud spokesman told cnn last month that carson had, quote, zero awareness of this purchase being made. later secretary carson painted a picture of limited involvement, saying, quote, i briefly looked at catalogs for dining furniture and was shocked by the cost. as for ms. carson, my wife also looked at catalogs and wanted to be sure t...

Department, mike pompeo has to deal with that. i know the united states ambassador to canada, a kentuckian where i am ton. he shas to deal with that. i think about the relationships we have with allies like canada one of the closest economic and national security ally pps and even though president trump justin trudeau doesnt see eye to eye politically it would be better if we were dealing with honest conversation im surprised the president-elect said this out loud. because no matter what room yo...

And our navy. hud is struggling to explain the e-mails that explain secretary carson and candy had no involvement in the furniture purchase set. it was blamed on the unnamed career staffer, but e-mails obtained show carson and his wife selected the furniture. >> in the e-mail from of career staffer to carsons assistant mentioned the printouts of the furniture they picked out. confronted with the issue on tuesday, the spokesperson said mrs. carson participated in the selection of styles. dona...